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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Anon (LaufE) 7III/1 — víst ‘certainly’

Vát*r kom víst at rétta
vallfinnandi linna
— mærð era mjúklig orðin
mín — Víðblinda svíni.

Vát*r linna vallfinnandi kom víst at rétta svíni Víðblinda; mærð mín era orðin mjúklig.

The wet bestower of the field of serpents [(lit. ‘field-bestower of serpents’) GOLD > GENEROUS MAN] certainly came to hunt the swine of Víðblindi <giant> [WHALE]; my praise did not become smooth.

readings

[1] víst: ‘vest’ all

notes

[1] vát*r; víst ‘wet; certainly’: Both mss have ‘Vattur’ and ‘vest’, which cannot be construed as Old Norse words, and the emendations are in keeping with earlier eds.

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